Winding machine



Jan. 3, 1928.

J. o. M KEAN WINDING MACHINE Filed Nov. 2. 1926 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES JOHN O. MOKEAJN', OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FOSTER MACHINE PATENT OFFICE,

COMPANY, 01 WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

WINDING MACHINE.

Application filed November 2, 1926. Sefial No. 145,852.

In package winding machines it has heretofore been common to build the holder for the package quite heavy so that the package will rest with considerable weight on its winding drum, thereby producing a hard wound package.

In some cases it is desirable that a soft package be produced, for instance where the package is to be dyed by the well known Franklin process, in which the package is alternately compressed and expanded in the dye bath.

To accomplish this soft winding when ever desired without substantial reconstruction of the winding mechanism, I have provided means whereby the pressure of the package on its winding drum is substan to which is secured the arm 8 which carriesthe package spindle 9 arranged in position to allow the package 10 as it is built up to 5 rest by gravity upon the winding drum 3.

I have provided means for substantially counterbalancing the weight of the package holder so that the package may be wound with the desired degreeof softness, which means in the present instance is shown as a spring 11 connected at one end to the main frame 12 and at its other end to the de pending arm 6 of the package holder. It will be seen that this spring may be made of the required tension to cause the pack-v age to be wound with any desired degree of Y softness according to the pressure exerted by the package on its winding drum and that this object is accomplished without reconstructing the usual parts of the winding mechanism.

' It is evident that various changes ma be resorted toin the construction, form an arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to be limited to the particular embodiment herein shown and described, but

What I claim is 1. In a package winding machine, winding mechanism including a. winding drum, a gravity actuated holder for pressing the package against the drum, and a spring exerting its tension to substantially counterbalance the weight of the holder for causing the package to rest lightly upon its winding drum and thereby produce a soft wound package.

2. In a package winding machine, winding mechanism lncluding a winding drum, a gravity actuated rocking holder for pressing the package against the drum, and a spring exerting its tension to substantially counterbalance the weight of the holder for causing the package to rest lightly upon its winding drum and thereby produce a soft wound package. v

3. In a package winding machine, winding mechanism including'a winding drum, a gravity actuated rocking holder for pressing the package against the drum, said holder having a depending arm, and a spring exerting its tension on said arm to substantially counterbalance the weight of the holder for causing the package to rest lightly upon its winding drum and thereby produce a soft wound package.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this 28th day of Oct. 1926.

JOHN o. MCKEAN. 

